Marissa Payne

This year’s Heart Month focus is on learning CPR to help save lives. Plus, here’s what you should know about recognizing heart disease symptoms.

Later this year, the city of Cedar Rapids will unleash its first neighborhood dog park in the Oak Hill Jackson neighborhood near the New Bohemia District. Another dog park is in the works on part of the old Jones Golf Course.

City of Cedar Rapids officials anticipate they’ll have to be more “targeted” as they set future priorities and spending plans to fund new initiatives as they cope with the budget impacts of state tax reform.

Low- to moderate-income households primarily affected by the 2020 derecho may apply to buy one of 76 soon-to-be built single-family homes around Cedar Rapids. The city’s revived ROOTs program will use $15 million in federal disaster recovery funds to expand affordable housing.

Capt. David Dostal’s extensive relationships and frontline, boots-on-the ground policing experience -- from his earlier days as a bicycle patrol officer -- pushed him to the top to become Cedar Rapids’ next police chief, city officials say.

After 11 months without a permanent police chief and a nationwide search, David Dostal — the only finalist from within the Cedar Rapids Police Department — is slated to be appointed as the local police force’s next leader at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

As Lura McBride, president and CEO of Van Meter Inc., has led the company to 95th year in Cedar Rapids, the Howard Hall award winner sees putting people first in the company and the community as key to the growth of the electrical, data and automation supply company.

To keep vulnerable, high-need populations housed, residents need wraparound services. Housing alone isn’t always enough. As need grows, local governments and service providers are creatively using resources to build facilities and create staff roles to meet these needs.

An unnamed company is seeking city of Cedar Rapids and state financial incentives to build a massive $576 million data center in the Big Cedar Industrial Center that would create at least 31 new high-paying jobs.

In Cedar Rapids’ search for a new police chief, some residents say they’re looking for a respected leader who focuses on community policing and trust. The four candidates met the community on Wednesday.

The public is invited to meet four finalists for Cedar Rapids police chief as the city approaches an end to the nearly yearlong search. Here’s when and where you can meet them this week.

With new legislation limiting the growth local governments can capture, coupled with this year’s low state residential property tax rollback, new Christmas decorations, park and other infrastructure improvements are on the chopping block in Swisher. Here’s how Corridor communities are looking to fill their budget gaps.

Iowa has seen a quick warm-up after winter storms dumped heavy snow and ushered in subzero temperatures, contributing to more potholes under the rapidly changing weather conditions. Here’s how to report them and avoid damage to your car.

While Linn County faces spending cuts as the impacts of tax reform upend its budget, the panel that recommends pay rates for certain elected officials last week suggested bumping salaries 7 percent across the board -- higher than the 4 percent increases the Board of Supervisors plans to award.

All residents of Westhill Village Apartments in northwest Cedar Rapids have now been ordered to leave their homes to allow for repairs that an engineer has warned are needed to address structural issues that pose a potential threat to tenants’ safety.